If you’ve ever dyed your hair at home, you’ve probably had plenty of nightmares about worst-case-scenarios—you know, a two-toned dye job, a burning scalp, maybe even hair loss. Now, you can add the possibility of your face swelling up like a “lightbulb” to that list. Estelle, 19, (the woman didn’t give her last name, because, come...
How these behaviors can fly under the radar if you aren’t looking for them. ome may look back on their early years with fond memories of family and friends, neighborhood block parties, and feeling safe and secure in your own bed at night. For others, we grew up living in survival mode where flight or...
India Marshall’s ‘mystery braids’ turned into a beautiful surprise. A woman’s story of how a surgeon handled her braids during a head surgery has gone viral, not just for the thoughtful actions of the doctor, but for what it shows about the importance of representation in medicine. India Marshall posted her heartwarming story on Twitter:...
Eating chocolate and drinking coffee or tea could help you live longer, research suggests. Indulging in the treats while taking zinc supplements activates a compound that slows down ageing, a study found. This reverses the ‘internal stress’ that naturally accumulates over the years and has been linked to everything from cancer to Alzheimer’s. Zinc is...
OAKTON, Va. – The last time lawyer Erika Byrd talked her way out of an alcohol rehab center, her father took her to lunch. “Dad, I know what alcohol has done to me,” she told him that day in January 2011. “I know what it has made me do to you and mom. But that wasn’t...
Kids with anxiety can be a real challenge for parents to recognize. As you would expect, the biggest reason may be that children don’t yet have the ability to fully express themselves verbally. They’re unable to say to you, “Going to the playground today is causing me some anxiety, so I don’t want to go.”...
Consuming just one energy drink could increase your risk of heart attack and stroke in 90 minutes, a new study finds. Researchers from the University of Texas at Houston says the drinks narrow blood vessels, which restricts blood flow to vital organs. Past studies have linked energy drinks – such as Red Bull, Monster and 5-Hour Energy –...
In 2011, Gisèle Pelicot’s life became a nightmare, though she wouldn’t know it for nearly a decade. Her husband, Dominique Pelicot, had begun drugging her with sedatives and anti-anxiety medication. While she lay in an unconscious state, Dominique allegedly invited strangers from online chatrooms to rape her. Between 2011 and 2020, over 50 men, aged 26...
The first time Fiona Symington rode a bike after working so hard to cure her chronic pain, she felt terrified but excited. The 42-year-old resident of Oxford, England, was afraid that after a quarter-century coping with enduring hurt, she wasn’t physically fit enough to ride and that her “proper pain,” as she puts it, might...
In a perfect world, no child would be neglected or abused. Unfortunately, we do not live in a perfect world and the unsettling reality is that there are children out there that are not getting taken care of as they should. Recognizing the signs of neglect is perhaps the most important way to give a...
Iron is an important mineral that helps your body make hemoglobin, the part of red blood cells that carries oxygen. If a woman doesn’t have enough iron, her body can’t make enough healthy red blood cells, which can lead to a problem called iron deficiency anemia. It’s important to know the signs of low iron...
Jim McCants took green tea capsules in a drive to get healthy in middle age. His doctors now say they left him needing an urgent liver transplant, writes the BBC’s Tristan Quinn. It should have been one of the happiest days of his life. But Jim McCants looks back on his youngest son’s high school...
